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o insta the_book_folks twitter thebookfolks facebook http facebook com thebookfolks blog https thebookfolks com blog posted by mark west at 09 00 00 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels review monday 17 july 2023 the piper s children by iain henn i am pleased to be part of the blog tour for iain henn s new novel from the book folks the piper s children a baffling mystery sets an fbi agent on a dangerous path park rangers are puzzled when a child is found wandering alone in the middle of a forest near seattle stranger still he speaks a peculiar language that sounds a little like german and is dressed in clothes people wore in the middle ages with no one having reported him missing fbi special agent will mccord assembles a dedicated unit to investigate the case placing detective ilona farris at its head their relationship is edgy they used to be an item but mccord knows farris is the best person for the job especially when more children turn up in similar circumstances farris isn t convinced that she is in fact the right person memories of a traumatic incident in her own childhood begin to emerge and threaten to cloud her judgement can she bury her demons and solve the mystery of these children seemingly lost in time my review starting with a bang and a touch of surrealism henn hits the ground running and puts us straight into the story ilona farris is drafted into a newly set up fbi team headed by her ex lover when a boy is found in a seattle forest speaking german and apparently on the run from the pied piper things get a lot weirder from that point on but the pacing and structure keep you completely on board at all times peopled with believable characters the best of which is farris herself sporting both a secret and a terrifying experience from her childhood that will help the investigation and a keen sense of location this works perfectly and is never less than readable red herrings abound there s a lot of suspense and weirdness as well as a plot that makes perfect sense once you discover all the details i thoroughly enjoyed this and look forward to more stories about the team very highly recommended born in sydney australia iain henn worked for many years in print media production for newspapers magazines and direct marketing agencies and as a writer for small business websites he has written fiction from a young age somewhere in his house there is still a framed copy of his first published story a 5 minute fiction tale in woman s day since then he has never looked back having short stories published in various magazines worldwide and now his suspenseful thrillers and mysteries commenting on what influenced his writing journey he describes a moment that has stayed with him on his first day in his first job as a teenage messenger boy he left the office via a back exit into a narrow alleyway where he saw the body of a man crumpled on the ground he had just jumped out of a window from the neighbouring building the paramedics were already approaching when iain returned an hour or so later the body and the surrounding activity were gone there was just a chalk outline on the ground where the body had been ever since he has wondered who that man was what led him to suicide and what his future might have been had he lived decades later that chalk outline is often on the writer s mind when telling the stories of his characters lives authors who have inspired iain include daphne du maurier ken follett michael crichton tess gerritsen michael robotham and harlen coben he lives on the new south wales coast with his wife purchasing links universal amazon link https geni us ppbs uk https www amazon co uk dp b0c5xnk6w8 us https www amazon com dp b0c5xnk6w8 ca https www amazon ca dp b0c5xnk6w8 au https www amazon com au dp b0c5xnk6w8 website https thebookfolks com insta the_book_folks twitter thebookfolks facebook http facebook com thebookfolks blog https thebookfolks com blog posted by mark west at 09 00 00 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels review monday 29 may 2023 an italian island summer by sue moorcroft regular readers of the blog will know i ve been friends with sue moorcroft since we first met at the kettering writers group in 1999 we genre writers were consigned to the back of the room where we had a great laugh since then she s gone from strength to strength hitting number one in the kindle bestseller charts with the christmas promise on her way to becoming a sunday times best seller while her novel a summer to remember won the goldsboro books contemporary romantic novel award 2020 as well as featuring her a lot on blog to see more click this link i m also pleased to be one of her beta readers and thoroughly enjoyed her latest novel an italian island summer which has just been published in paperback and e book will one summer in sicily change her life for ever after her marriage falls apart ursula quinn is offered the chance to spend the summer working at a hotel on a beautiful island off the coast of sicily italy excited by a new adventure she sets off at once at residenza dei tringali ursula receives a warm welcome from everyone except alfio son of the tringali family he gave up his life in barcelona to help his mother agata with the ailing business and is frustrated with ursula s interference and she in turn is less than impressed with his attitude as they spend more time together though they begin to see each other in a different light but what with ursula s ex husband on her tail family secrets surfacing and an unexpected offer that makes alfio question his whole life there s plenty to distract them from one another can she face her past and he his future and together make the most of their sicilian summer a new book by sue is always welcome and this time we see the return of a character ursula who played a role in one of her earlier novels as always there are plenty of twists and turns as we follow the story of alfio and ursula and part of the fun is watching the blocks put into their path and how they might get around told with sue s usual sure hand skill the book moves at a good pace and is filled with characters who burst into life from the page family life in all its forms is well represented there s a lovely and lovable cat and the antagonists are realistically horrible with a well realised and used central location a lovely atmosphere that is well maintained and some great writing this is another winner buy the book from amazon here uk here usa here sue moorcroft is an international bestselling author and has reached the 1 spot on kindle uk she s won the goldsboro books contemporary romantic novel award readers best romantic novel award and the katie fforde bursary published by harpercollins in the uk us and canada and by other publishers around the world her short stories serials columns writing how to and courses have appeared around the world born into an army family in germany sue spent much of her childhood in cyprus and malta but settled in northamptonshire at the age of ten an avid reader she also loves formula 1 travel family and friends dance exercise and yoga website www suemoorcroft com blog https suemoorcroft wordpress com facebook sue moorcroft 3 facebook author page https www facebook com suemoorcroftauthor twitter suemoorcroft instagram suemoorcroftauthor linkedin https www linkedin com in suemoorcroft amazon author page author to suemoorcroft posted by mark west at 10 00 00 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels friends review sue moorcroft the missing american by julie highmore i am pleased to be part of the blog tour for julie highmore making her debut with the book folks with her novel the missing american new to the private investigator game edie fox is delighted when a handsome american client with disconcertingly dazzling teeth asks her to find his missing cousin isabella especially when he leaves her a bundle of cash to get started however the case quickly gets complicated and so does her life when a one night stand from her oxford university days gets in touch and asks if her 26 year old daughter maeve is also his child judging a chaotic home a brimming wine glass a daughter besotted with her new found daddy and a rekindled old flame edie must try to focus on the job but with unreliable witnesses a less than trustworthy client and an assistant with her mind on other things edie will be up against it and risks losing all the missing american is the first book in a series of hilarious cozy mysteries by bestselling author julie highmore look out for the next book in the series the runaway husband coming soon edie fox is new to the private investigating business and delighted when a handsome american client asks her to find his missing cousin isabella and hands over a bundle of cash the case quickly gets complicated however and so does her life when the father a one night stand from her university days of her twentysomething daughter maeve turns up out of the blue with a chaotic home life a rekindled old flame and a job with unreliable witnesses and an untrustworthy client edie is up against it as she tries to find isabella i m not well read in the cosy crime field but the blurb for this was intriguing and with news that a second book is on the way i decided to give it a go and i m really glad i did told with a clear dry voice this reminded me of the hardboiled novels of the forties with edie s ever complicated homelife impeding on the case and vice versa and her observations about events were often very humorous the case twists and turns almost everyone s a suspect and there s a lovely sense of location it s set in the less desirable areas of oxford that really grounds the whole piece it s also not afraid to show the seamier side of life which was refreshing edie is a fantastic character fully rounded and believable and even though she s an amateur she puts the clues together well with a varied and often eccentric supporting cast all of them fully living and breathing and with plenty of smart lines to amuse there was a touch of the beiderbecke affair about this and that just made me love it all the more very highly recommended the daughter of an raf officer julie highmore moved around a lot as a child but eventually settled in oxford in her twenties after having three children she studied first at westminster college then oxford brookes university and gained a first class degree in english as part of the course she studied creative writing with philip pullman who encouraged her to continue with her writing after graduation this she did and her published work includes nine rom com novels and more recently a crime fiction series for the book folks when not writing julie enjoys music binge watching a good tv series country strolls doing the new york times crossword and hanging out with her husband and ever expanding family click here for more info on the writer https thebookfolks com author julie highmore the missing american features the somewhat flawed oxford based private investigator edie fox a single mother and very young grandmother who inadvertently gets her precious family caught up in her first big case the oxford she knows is based in the more edgy and diverse east of the city full of small victorian houses students cafes delis and retired lecturers purchasing links uk https www amazon co uk dp b0c23xyckg us https www amazon com dp b0c23xyckg ca https www amazon ca dp b0c23xyckg au https www amazon com au dp b0c23xyckg social media links website https thebookfolks com insta the_book_folks twitter thebookfolks facebook http facebook com thebookfolks blog https thebookfolks com blog julie s twitter juliehighmore posted by mark west at 09 00 00 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels review older posts home subscribe to posts atom 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